The very personal relationship between the Queen and her forces still matters

A new exhibition at the National Army Museum celebrates the special
relationship between Her Majesty and the Army — Jubilee: 60 Years of the
Sovereign and Her Soldiers. It sets out to show the Queen not only in her
ceremonial role, but also on more active duty.

It was a Christopher Robin sight that greeted the 11-year-old Princess
Elizabeth when her family moved to Buckingham Palace in December 1936 — all
the King’s horses and all the King’s men. There were eight battalions of
Foot Guards on home service, doing duty across London as far as the Bank of
England and the